Metal clothes-hanger



R. V. REYNOLDS.

METAL CLOTHES HANGER,

APPLICATION FILED AUG-H. 1919.

1,383,025. Patented June 28, 1921.

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RA PH VAi REY/V0405 W zwW Q S A 'EY PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH VAIL REYNOLDS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METAL CLOTHES-HANGER.

Application filed August 11, 1919.

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Be it knownthat I, RALPH V. REYNOLDS, Lieu of the l ni'led States, and aresident .he city of ClilCngO, in the county of Cook and tltate ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in MetalClothes-liangers; and i do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,whic form a part of this specification.

This invention pertains to a metal clothes hanger of an improved form,constructed of a unitary piece of metal and adapted to bemouuted in ahorizontal position to receive coat hangers engaged therein inpredetermined spaced relation with respect to one another, said hangeralso being formed to p niit similar hangers to be alined therewith, wi hthe adjacent ends abutting one another to form a continuous hanger ofany desired length.

It is an object of this invention to provide a clothes hangerconstructed of a unitary piece of metal and adapted to be mounted withthe hack thereof disposed in a horizontal position.

ltis also an object of this invention to construct a unitary metalclothes hanger adaptcd to be mounted with the supporting members th baseof ;he hanger.

it is a further object of this invention to create a clothes hanger madeof a unitary piece of metal adapted to be mounted with the base thereofdisposed in a horizontal position and so =;-onstructed that clothes weof the same form may he alined therewith to produce a continuous clotheshanger of an y desired length.

it is finthermore an object of this invention to produce a unitaryclothes hanger which may be either stamped, out or cast into form, andhaving apertures therein to permit the same to be mounted in ahorizontal position on the under surface of a shelf or other suitablesupport with the apertured hook members forming an integral part thereofpositioned to permit auxiliary clothes hangers to be removably engagedtherein in spaced relation with respect to one another.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a clothes hangerof cheap and simple construction embracing an apertured *of directeddownwardly below the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 238,1921.

Serial No. 316,521.

base plate and a slotted apertured coat hanger support ii'itegrallyconnected at right angles with respect to one another. 7

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the drawings and specification.

lhe invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section taken through a shelfhaving a plurality of alined clothe hangers, embodying the principles ofthis invention, mounted in horizontal position on the under surface ofthe shelf.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side plan view of the clothes hanger.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof.

2 i is an end view thereof.

rig. 5 is a plan view of a sheet of metal showing the method of stampingor cutting the clothes hangers therefrom without waste of materialexcept that resulting from the apertures.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of a cast clotheshanger.

' Fig. 7 is a side view thereof.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the modified form of clothes hanger shown inFig. 7.

shown on the drawings The reference numeral 1 designates a horizontallydisposed shelf or other support, having rigidly Secured by means ofscrews or other suitable means on the under surface thereof a pluralityof alined horizontally disposed clothes hangers 2', having the ad jacentends thereof abutting one another to form a continuous clothes hanger ofany des red length. 7

Each of the clothes hangers 2, embodying the principles of thisinvention, is originally stamped or cut from a heet of metal to form aunitary stamping, designated as a whole by the numeral 3, as shown inJig. 5, the design of which is such that a plurality of coat hangerstampings may be stamped from the metal sheet without loss of materialexcept that resulting from the formation of attaching and hangerapertures formed therein for a purpose hereinafter described.

Each stamping 3, is adapted to form a complete unitary clothes hangerand comprises a plate portion 4:, having integrally formed along one ofthe longitudinal edges thereof a plurality of equidistantly spaced baseflanges or mounting lugs 5, each having an attaching aperture 6, formedtherein. The base flanges 5, are alternately bent out wardly at rightangles to and on opposite sides of the plate portion 1, to form a basefor the clothes hanger. The other longitudinal edge of the plate portion4:, has integrally formed thereon in the same plane therewith aplurality of equidistantly spaced hooks or hangers 7, of the same sizeand shape, each having a plurality of hanger apertures 8, formedtherein, said hangers 7, being separated from one another by bayonetslots 9, the shape of which are the exact counterpart of the shapes ofsaid hangers.

From the description of the clothes hanger 2, shown in Figs. 1 to 1,inclusive, it will be noted that the same is primarily adapted to bemounted in position for use upon the under surface of a shelf 1, orother suitable support with the base flanges 5 disposed in a horizontalposition and lying flat against said under surface of said shelf andrigidly secured thereto by means of screws or other suitable meansengaging through the attaching apertures 6. In this position the hangers7, are directed downwardly to permit the hooks of coat hangers to beremovably engaged in the respective hangers 8, to hold said coat hangersproperly spaced from one another to afford suflicient room therebetweenfor the garments which are hung upon said coat hangers. It willfurthermore be noted that any number of clothes hangers 2, may bemounted end to end to afford a continuous clothes hanger of any desiredlength, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. In the modified form of clotheshanger shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the clothes hanger is cast into aunitary form comprising a base plate 10, having a plurality of apertures11 therein adapted to receive attaching screws to mount the clotheshanger with said base plate disposed in a horizontal position flatagainst the under side of a shelf or other suitable support. integrallyformed and longitudinally alined centrally on one face of the base plate10, is a rib or plate portion 12, on the outer edge of which isintegrally formed in the same plane therewith a plurality ofequidistantly spaced hooks or hangpermit the hooks of coat hangers to beremovably engaged therein to hold the same in a predetermined spacedrelation with respect to each other to afford sufficient spacetherebetween for garments which are hung thereon.

It will of course be understood that the hooks of coat hangers may alsobe engaged upon the hangers 7 and 13, if desired, and that both forms ofclothes hangers may be mounted in an inclined position, instead ofhorizontally, and still be adapted to hold the coat hangers engagedthereon in proper spaced relation with respect to each other.

I am aware that various details of construction may be varied through awide range without departing from the principles of this invention, andI therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise thannecessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

A sheet of material for forming hooks divided by broken lines intostrips, each strip including two rows of hooks, each strip divided bycurved lines into two rows of hooks, the said broken lines formingtrapezoidal projections on one strip separated by trapezoidal recesseswhich constitute like trapezoidal projections on the neighboring strip,the said curved lines forming hook-shaped projections on one row ofhooksseparated by recesses which constitute like hookshaped projections onthe neighboring row of hooks, each ofsaid hook-shaped projections beingenlarged at the end and being constricted between the end and the stemwhereby an enlargement of each recess is made which constitutes a likeenlargement at the end of each hook of the neighboring row of hooks,said sheet of material being perforated. certain of said perforations bing located one in each of said trapezoidal projections and otherslocated one in each of said enlargements, whereby the sheet of materialis divided into blanks without waste and the blanks are suitable for theformation of rows of hooks,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

RALPH VAIL RE YNOLDS.

Witnesses HOWARD J. WHITE, JOSHUA DEsroinro.

